A manwill not be establishedby wickedness,But the rootof the righteouswill not be moved.
"He will not becomerich,norwill his wealthendure;And his grainwill not benddownto the ground.
He does not putout his moneyat interest,Nordoes he takea bribeagainstthe innocent.He who doesthesethingswill neverbe shaken.
When the whirlwindpasses,the wickedis nomore,But the righteous[has] an everlastingfoundation.
The righteousnessof the blamelesswill smoothhis way,But the wickedwill fallby his own wickedness.
The wickedman desiresthe bootyof evilmen,But the rootof the righteousyields[fruit].
Nomanhasauthorityto restrainthe windwith the wind,or authorityover the dayof death;and thereis nodischargein the timeof war,and evilwill not deliverthose whopracticeit.
so that Christmay dwellin your heartsthroughfaith;[and] that you, being rootedand groundedin love,
having been firmly rooted[and now] being builtup in Him and establishedin your faith,justas you were instructed,[and] overflowingwith gratitude.
and blessedbe your discernment,and blessedbe you, whohave keptme thisdayfrom bloodshedand from avengingmyself by my own hand.
